Dr Susan Cramer here.....
Your class is scheduled to meet on either Tue or Thur from 3-4:30.
Tue = Social Studies Learning Community
Thur = Elementary Language Arts Learning Community
You are welcome to use the lab on the day your class is not in session.
This course is designed as a project based, flipped, hybrid course. What that means is that we will be together face-to-face for half the regular meeting time (hybrid) allowing the remaining time to be used in a more self directed and self paced way (flipped) to complete course projects (project based learning). This is a way I see pk-12 education leaning and am excited to try it this semester.
Project based, flipped, hybrid learning requires good time management skills. University time expectations still hold -- for each credit hour per week expect to spend two hours outside of class plus one hour in class for a total of 3 hours per credit per week. (If you are uncomfortable with technology it will take longer until you build your fluency.) Since our class is a 3 credit course, you should allocate 9 hours per week to it. One and a half hours will be spent in class, the remaining 7.5 hours will be outside of class. I am setting due dates to help you keep yourself on track. Please feel free to work ahead. However, I understand some procrastinators just can't get going without a deadline staring them in the face.
Because this is a project based course, you will have a wide latitude in the hardware and software you use. In all instances the apps suggested are only suggestions. You are always welcome to find an alternative that works better for you. In fact, iPads and Mobile Devices and Interactive Whiteboards are two of the hottest tool categories in today's classrooms. You are most likely carrying a mobile devise in your pocket (your smart phone). You may also have an iPad or tablet or a Google Chromebook or other devise with you or you may have one or more at home or in a classroom where you work. This is great! I am going to encourage you to use them this semester. The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards (SmartBoards). Unfortunately our classroom has none of this equipment :( So, you are going to have to push yourself to gain familiarity with them. To practice using a SmartBoard, go to Polk Library and reserve/use the SmartBoard room on the 3rd floor. It's there just for you!!! Check out the key at the circulation desk. To access an iPad talk to me, we have some in the college. I can check them out for a class period. Or, better yet, gain access to one that you can use over several days. You won't want to go to student teaching or a job interview without familiarity with these tools. It's up to you here... create instructional plans that incorporate their use.
Now it's time to start building a shared mental model of what technology rich learning might look like. Please view, read and think about the following videos, graphics and articles. Come to class ready to think and talk about them. Weave their ideas into the materials you develop for class. We are preparing for classrooms of today and tomorrow, not yesterday. You will be part of creating that future and it starts now.
Read and consider your position as an adopter or disruptor -- From the Principal's Office: Adopting a Digital Disruptor Mindset to Transform Education -- “When people adopt technology, they do old things in new ways. When people internalize technology, they find new things to do.” James McQuivey, Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation
Purchase The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice by Robin Williams (any edition), Peachpit Press. (I saw it on Amazon for .99) Read text for October 15/17. Okay to share book with others.
Keep track of your progress on our Assignment Checklist.
Below is a TENTATIVE Daily Calendar. Topics may change depending upon class needs and interests. As with all this wiki's pages, I keep adding resources to this site so check it often to see if something has been updated!
Sun
Mon
Tue SS Group Meets
Wed
Thur Lang Arts Group Meets
Fri
Sat
September 1 -- due class 1
Read Welcome and follow hyperlinks (above)
September 29 -- DUE, midnight
Picture This Project,
Photo Editing page,
Talking Graphics page,
Screencasting page,
your photo on your homepage
Also suggested:
Posters
QR Codes
Welcome to fall semester 2013!
Dr Susan Cramer here.....
Your class is scheduled to meet on either Tue or Thur from 3-4:30.
Tue = Social Studies Learning Community
Thur = Elementary Language Arts Learning Community
You are welcome to use the lab on the day your class is not in session.
This course is designed as a project based, flipped, hybrid course. What that means is that we will be together face-to-face for half the regular meeting time (hybrid) allowing the remaining time to be used in a more self directed and self paced way (flipped) to complete course projects (project based learning). This is a way I see pk-12 education leaning and am excited to try it this semester.
Project based, flipped, hybrid learning requires good time management skills. University time expectations still hold -- for each credit hour per week expect to spend two hours outside of class plus one hour in class for a total of 3 hours per credit per week. (If you are uncomfortable with technology it will take longer until you build your fluency.) Since our class is a 3 credit course, you should allocate 9 hours per week to it. One and a half hours will be spent in class, the remaining 7.5 hours will be outside of class. I am setting due dates to help you keep yourself on track. Please feel free to work ahead. However, I understand some procrastinators just can't get going without a deadline staring them in the face.
Because this is a project based course, you will have a wide latitude in the hardware and software you use. In all instances the apps suggested are only suggestions. You are always welcome to find an alternative that works better for you. In fact,
iPads and Mobile Devices and Interactive Whiteboards are two of the hottest tool categories in today's classrooms. You are most likely carrying a mobile devise in your pocket (your smart phone). You may also have an iPad or tablet or a Google Chromebook or other devise with you or you may have one or more at home or in a classroom where you work. This is great! I am going to encourage you to use them this semester. The same goes for Interactive Whiteboards (SmartBoards). Unfortunately our classroom has none of this equipment :( So, you are going to have to push yourself to gain familiarity with them. To practice using a SmartBoard, go to Polk Library and reserve/use the SmartBoard room on the 3rd floor. It's there just for you!!! Check out the key at the circulation desk. To access an iPad talk to me, we have some in the college. I can check them out for a class period. Or, better yet, gain access to one that you can use over several days. You won't want to go to student teaching or a job interview without familiarity with these tools. It's up to you here... create instructional plans that incorporate their use.
Now it's time to start building a shared mental model of what technology rich learning might look like. Please view, read and think about the following videos, graphics and articles. Come to class ready to think and talk about them. Weave their ideas into the materials you develop for class. We are preparing for classrooms of today and tomorrow, not yesterday. You will be part of creating that future and it starts now.
Below is a TENTATIVE Daily Calendar. Topics may change depending upon class needs and interests. As with all this wiki's pages, I keep adding resources to this site so check it often to see if something has been updated!
SS Group Meets
Lang Arts Group Meets
Read Welcome and follow hyperlinks (above)
Check out BadgerLink
Welcome, overview
Photoediting
Read Welcome
DUE Class 2
Obtain wiki address,
email address to me
Welcome, overview
Photoediting
Work on wiki
Tue Group:
DUE Class 2
Obtain wiki address,
email address to me
Are you creating your Picture This
Project on Google Drive/Docs?
Don't know a lot about Google Drive?
Check out this handout
Work on wiki
Picture This Project worktime
Check out Handy Tools page for a pdf creator for Windows machines AND for information on how to take a screen shot.
Read and watch Maker Movement (article with 16 min video)
Picture This Project worktime
Check out Handy Tools page for a pdf creator for Windows machines AND for information on how to take a screen shot.
SS teacher in Green Bay uses Twitter to help students prepare for tests.
Project work time
Picture This Project,
Photo Editing page,
Talking Graphics page,
Screencasting page,
your photo on your homepage
Also suggested:
Posters
QR Codes
View and discuss Shift Happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
Discuss:
Tools, Samples, Ideas Project
Unit Plan Project
View and discuss Shift Happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
Discuss:
Wiki content
(Tools, Samples, Ideas)
Unit Plan Project
Read Robin Williams book
Learning Objects
Sign up for Show & Tell 1
Learning Objects
Sign up for Show & Tell 1
Read Robin Williams book
Bring book to class
Sign up for Show & Tell 1
Design Principles
3-fold Brochures
Design Principles
3-fold Brochures
Show & Tell 1
Show & Tell --
1. A game/tutorial learning object
2. A content learning object
3. A tech project you have created
Show & Tell --
1. A game/tutorial learning object
2. A content learning object
3. A tech project you have created
Project work time
Project work time
Posters
QR Codes
Design Principles
Desktop Publishing
Interactive Whiteboards
Slideshows
Assessment
Google Maps, Google Earth,
Google Lit Trips
Google Maps, Google Earth,
Google Lit Trips
Project work time
Project work time
e-safety
e-safety
Project work time
Happy Thanksgiving
Communication Tools
Concept Maps
Maps
Podcasts
Movies
Project work time
Project work time
E-Safety
Learning Objects
Rubrics
Tech Rich Plan
Above and Beyond
Show & Tell --
Show us your unit and samples
Project work time
Show & Tell --
Show us your unit and samples
Graduation
Checklist of assignments:
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